Word: minority
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...means by which resolute endeavor, firmness, restraint of habits, honorable emulation, and pluck are inculcated should be gladly welcomed; and we should not condemn them on account of minor accompanying imperfections. We need strength of character, strength of body, strength of intellect; the first is favored by the very means which are now adopted for attaining the second...
...revival appears to be simply belief. The revivalists of to-day, like those of the camp-meetings of twenty years ago, cry out, in substance, "Believe right, - i. e. as we do, - no matter what you do!" The true cultivated Christian tells us to do right, and leaves the minor points of our belief to our own conscience...
...Linklater lived very fast, and as his allowance was moderate, he was unable to pay Sanderson's account when it was presented. The matter was allowed to rest for some time, and finally Linklater showed a disposition to break his agreement, on the ground that he was a minor at the time he made it. Sanderson thereupon alleged that he had distinctly stated that he was of age when he contracted the loan, and prosecuted him for obtaining money under false pretences. Counter accusations of usury were made, and the affair ended in a scandalous muddle, which furnished the London...
...Galaxy for February we find a good number. Noticeable in the contents is an essay on the minor French novelists by Henry James, and an article on that morbidly interesting subject, suicide. Serials by William Black and Miss Howells are continued; and among the wadding we notice a timely article opposing any reduction of the army in this country...
ALTHOUGH Yale has withdrawn from the Rowing Association, she will not disband as a university. The minor exercises and functions will go on as usual. - Buffalo Express...